Gmail and other popular Google services experienced a partial service outage at a very bad time

Some of Google's most popular services, including Gmail and
Google Calendar, experienced technical problems on Tuesday,
preventing some users from accessing their email and other data.

Users were reporting slowness and connectivity errors for several
of its services, Google said in a message posted on its online
dashboard for monitoring performance of its G Suite applications.

The company updated the dashboard at 9:27 a.m. PT saying the
problems with Gmail and other apps "should be resolved."

"We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your
patience and continued support," the company said. "Please rest
assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and
we are making continuous improvements to make our systems
better."